Mustangs represent Friendswood in 7-on-7 football championship

  • 2018-07-07
In much of the country, football season is still a couple months off, but in Texas the game is an obsession year-round. One summer football tradition is the recently held state 7-on-7 championship.

This year, the Friendswood High School Mustangs not only qualified for the tournament, defeating Clear Falls to advance out of the difficult District 10-5A group, but made the quarterfinals of the Division I championship bracket.

Originally a training drill, 7-on-7 football is gaining traction. For high school coaches, it allows them to evaluate the chemistry of offensive lines and give young players experience in competitive games. It also provides a fast-paced show for spectators, with some referring to it as ‘basketball on grass’.

While corporate sponsors such as Nike and ESPN have shown some interest in the variant, for the most part tournaments are put together by schools and communities. Teacher and parent volunteers can be essential, as well as using local Print services for poster printing and banner printing.

For the Friendswood Mustangs, 7-on-7 is serious business. After emerging successful from pool play, the team beat Belton 34-28, and Austin-area school Georgetown 35-28 to advance to the quarters. There, they came up just short in a 27-25 nail-biter against Mesquite Horn. In the final, it was two teams from host city College Station, with the College Station Cougars beating rival A&M Consolidated 20-19. The Mustangs can hold their heads high, especially considering it was their first visit to the state 7-on-7 tournament in a number of years.

While everyone is quick to caution that 7-on-7 results do not portend anything for the full game, it at least suggests that Friendswood has a talented crop of young athletes.

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